2024-04-10 03:14:53
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Bangladesh Film Archive under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the US visual media organization Getty Images to collect and preserve footage related to the great liberation war of Bangladesh and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The memorandum of understanding was signed at the Getty Images office in New York on April 5, local time in the United States. Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Humayun Kabir Khondkar was present at this time.
On behalf of the Bangladesh Film Archive, the director of the project ‘Collecting and preserving the audio visual documents of the Liberation War from domestic and foreign sources and increasing the capacity of the Bangladesh Film Archive’. Md. Mofakharul Iqbal and Arran Birchenough, director of Asia Pacific TV and Sales, signed the MoU on behalf of Getty Images.
At that time, the officials of the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC and the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York were present.
Before the signing of the memorandum of understanding, the senior secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Humayun Kabir Khondkar talks to senior executives of Getty Images.
During the great war of liberation, especially in the early hours of March 26, the news was broadcasted in various media of the world immediately after the declaration of independence by the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Also, during the long nine months of the Great War of Liberation, various international media published various pictures and news about the Great War of Liberation. Through this MoU, Getty Images will provide assistance to Bangladesh Film Archive in collecting and preserving these invaluable documents. As a result, the Bangladesh Film Archive will gain the ability to present the true history of the Great Liberation War of 1971 and the struggle and sacrifice of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to future generations.
On this day, the Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting visited the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York.